Cocktail bar opens in public toilet

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A cocktail bar has opened inside a formerly derelict public toilet in the U.K.

In trendy northwest London, the “Ladies & Gents” refurbished underground washroom has “pre-World War II marble mosaic flooring, arched beams, a grand piano and a wall of functional urinals,” according to New York-based online magazine Grub Street on Friday.

Opened by Will Borrell, who also owns a vodka company, Ladies & Gents offers a variety of alcoholic drinks, some made from “locally grown botanicals” using a copper alembic, as well as side dishes including sausage rolls and Scotch eggs.

Civic groups opposed the bar when Borrell first proposed the idea 18 months ago.